Tombarra
1973 RoRo-carrier
Photo: Chris Howell
Buildingyard: Eriksbergs Mek. Verkstad A/B.(Lindholmen div), Gothenburg
Built year: 1973
Yard no: 64
Tonnage: GRT: 13887/ NET: 7115/ TDW: 22000
Dims: LOA: 207,40/ BR: 29,62/ DR: 9,938mtr
Machinery : Three 18-cyl Pielstick by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St.Nazaire
Total 28890bhp
Speed : 21,50knots
Container cap.: 1319TEU / Qarter stern door and ramp.
29.03.1973: Launched
30.08.1973: Completed. Price: NOK 93mill
23.09.1985: Sold to United States Dept of Transportation for service with the Ready Reserve Force of the US Fleet. Renamed CAPE DECISION
Still in service with NavyId: T-AKR5054. Manager: Marine Transport Lines Inc., Weehawken, NJ
Photo: via Inger Albrigtsen
Photo: Mike Griffiths
Photo shows TOMBARRA in drydock at Blohm+Voss, Hamburg after fire in engineroom 1978